99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2289

 

Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/18-51 new
60 ILCS 1/10-25
60 ILCS 1/20-10
60 ILCS 1/27-10
60 ILCS 1/28-10

    Amends the Township Code. Removes a restriction requiring townships to possess an equalized assessed valuation of not less than $10,000,000 or 126 square miles. Further provides that after a vote or ordinance has approved the consolidation of a township, a county board may establish a new tax for the consolidated township or consolidated township and municipality. Amends the Property Tax Code making conforming changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
5Section 18-51 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-51 new)
7    Sec. 18-51. Property tax of consolidated townships.
8Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, when townships
9are consolidated under Sections 20-5, 27-10, or 28-10 of the
10Township Code and the county board passes an ordinance or
11resolution requiring a new property tax levy rate to be levied
12on the new consolidated township or municipality, the county
13clerk shall calculate a new township or municipal property tax
14levy for the levy year in the year which the consolidation
15takes place equal to the amount stated by the county board. The
16new property tax levy shall contain all funds of the former tax
17levies and the county clerk shall proportionally reduce each
18fund unless otherwise required by the petition or ordinance.
 
19    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
20Sections 10-25, 20-10, 27-10, and 28-10 as follows:
 
21    (60 ILCS 1/10-25)

 

 

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1    Sec. 10-25. Plan for changes in townships.
2    (a) The county board of each county may, subject to a
3referendum in the townships affected as provided in this
4Section, adopt a plan for altering the boundaries of townships,
5changing township lines, dividing, enlarging, or consolidating
6townships, or creating new townships, so that each township
7shall possess an equalized assessed valuation of not less than
8$10,000,000 as of the 1982 assessment year or an area of not
9more than 126 square miles.
10    (b) No alteration or change in boundaries shall be
11effective unless approved by a referendum in each township
12affected. The election authority shall submit to the voters of
13each township affected, at a regular election to be held not
14less than 60 days after the plan is adopted, the question of
15approving the alteration or change. The alterations or changes,
16if approved by the voters, shall take effect on the date of the
17next township election and shall be applicable to that
18election. If there is doubt as to the township clerk with whom
19nomination papers for that election should be filed, the county
20board shall designate the clerk. In the alteration of
21boundaries, a county board may not disturb urban or coterminous
22townships in existence on October 1, 1978.
23(Source: P.A. 84-1308; 88-62.)
 
24    (60 ILCS 1/20-10)
25    Sec. 20-10. Election results.

 

 

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1    (a) The county clerk shall enter an abstract of the returns
2of the election held under Section 20-5, made out and certified
3as in an election for county officers, and shall record the
4abstract at length upon the records of the county.
5    (b) If a majority of the votes are in favor of
6consolidating all of the townships and fractional parts of
7townships in the city into one organized township, then at the
8next regular election for township officers there shall be
9elected one set of township officers for the territory in the
10city.
11    (c) If a majority of the votes are in favor of
12consolidating all of the townships, the county board may by
13ordinance or resolution require that a new property tax levy
14rate be levied on the new consolidated township for the levy
15year in the year which the consolidation takes place at a rate
16determined by the county board and administered under Section
1718-51 of the Property Tax Code.
18(Source: P.A. 81-1490; 88-62.)
 
19    (60 ILCS 1/27-10)
20    Sec. 27-10. Petition and referendum to discontinue and
21abolish a township organization within a coterminous
22municipality. Upon adoption of an ordinance by the city council
23of a township described under Section 27-5 of this Article, or
24upon petition of at least 10% of the registered voters of that
25township, the city council shall certify and cause to be

 

 

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1submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election
2or consolidated election, a proposition to discontinue and
3abolish the township organization and to transfer all the
4rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
5obligations, and responsibilities of the township organization
6to the coterminous municipality.
7    A signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in
8considering the petition unless the form requirements are
9complied with and the date of each signature is less than 90
10days before the last day for filing the petition. The statement
11of the person who circulates the petition must include an
12attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
13circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date on which
14that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that none of the
15signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90 days before the
16last day for filing the petition. The petition shall be treated
17and the proposition certified in the manner provided by the
18general election law. After the proposition has once been
19submitted to the electorate, the proposition shall not be
20resubmitted for 4 years.
21    The proposition shall be in substantially the following
22form:
23        Shall the township organization be continued in [Name
24    of Township] Township?
25    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
26    If a majority of the votes are in favor of discontinuing

 

 

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1and abolishing a township organization, the county board may by
2ordinance or resolution require that a new tax levy rate be
3levied on the new consolidated municipality and township for
4the levy year in the year which the consolidation takes place
5at a rate determined by the county board and administered under
6Section 18-51 of the Property Tax Code.
7(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
8    (60 ILCS 1/28-10)
9    Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township
10organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of
11township organization; property tax levy.
12    (a) The township board of a township described under
13Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a
14majority of the votes of the township board, providing that,
15upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially
16coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that
17the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished;
18and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights,
19powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations,
20and responsibilities of the township organization to the
21coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The
22corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially
23coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a
24majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality.
25    (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an

 

 

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1ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this
2Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms
3after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this
4Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the
5rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
6obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by
7operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality,
8including the authority to levy property taxes for township
9purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township.
10    (c) Prior to or after effective date of discontinuance and
11abolishment of the township organization under this Section,
12the county board may by ordinance or resolution require that a
13new tax levy rate be levied on the new consolidated
14municipality and township for the levy year in the year which
15the consolidation takes place at a rate determined by the
16county board and administered under Section 18-51 of the
17Property Tax Code.
18(Source: P.A. 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)